Fabulous FALL

Ohhhhh how I love the Fall weather! The girls have really enjoyed watching the trees change and playing in the leaves. The weather varies here but today was a nice evening in the 60's and so I let the girls go outside and play. Gracie calls the trees with no leaves "naked trees!" Ha Ha!

Holy Mole...y........

Ha! The title cracks me up....;)

Just a little post to encourage everyone to get your moles checked! I am a very "moley" person and I had two that were bothering me so I decided to get them removed. My dermotologist checked my moles and found one that he didn't like so he removed it. The biopsies came back today and the two I wanted removed were fine and the one he wanted to remove is called a something..something displaysia. Basically it is an atypical mole but not a cancer. I suppose it has the potential to turn into a cancer. I have the mildest form of it so basically I just go back Wed. and the doctor will remove some more of the surrounding skin to make sure all of the atypical cells are gone. As someone who has had both grandmothers have skin cancer I feel relieved to have got my moles checked and the bad one removed early! This is something many people don't think about but it is surely important and I plan on continuing to have mine checked yearly. Now I think I have had enough biopsies this year! Hopefully next year will be biopsy free! ;)

Happy Halloween

Halloween was so fun this year! Both of the girls actually understood the concept and had a great time with all of the activities! On Friday morning the girls had their Fall Festival at school and that was so fun! My Dad and Matt's mom were able to come to the party and the girls were thrilled about that. They got to eat yummy snacks and make crafts as well as jump in an inflatable thing! Early Friday evening we took the girls to Trunk-Or-Treat at our church because my Dad was participating and we wanted to check it out. Finally we got to come home and go trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. It was really fun for the girls. Matt and his Dad stayed home to hand out candy so that left the girls and I as well as my mother-in-law and mom to go out and get some candy! The girls really racked up and since Mommy is on a diet then Daddy was excited about all of the chocolate that he would get to munch on!

More Sadness........

Well after the bad news of Tina's murder there came more bad news on Friday when my Mother-In-Law's good friend and neighbor Jackie had to be rushed to the hospital. They thought she had a heart attack and when the ambulance arrived at her house she was unconcious and not breathing. My mother-in-law rushed over in her pajamas at 6 in the morning once she realized the ambulance was at Jackie's house. She saw them doing CPR and told us that it took them what seemed like a long time to get her to start breathing again. They found out that it wasn't a heart attack but possibly a clot in her lung. At this point 7 out of 8 doctors are saying she is brain dead. One doctor is still giving the family a little hope and is going to try lowering her body temperature over a number of days and then bringing it back up to "jolt" her brain into functioning again. It is a long shot but God does do miracles! Jackie's husband Dale is gone a lot on business and was actually in Jacksonville that day so of course when my father-in-law called him he rushed back here and he is just completely crushed. They have been married 26 years and Jackie is only in her 50's. Say a little prayer.....